digital methods for internet policy and politics
Analyzing the top seven Facebook groups that seemed organic and not third-party advertisers, we found that meme groups mostly engaged in negative campaigning, fostering group affinities and trying to vote out Trudeau. Over the 40-day campaign, … [Continue reading]
With horse race coverage of the election fixed on a dead heat between the Liberal and Conservative parties, partisan Facebook memes now try to persuade voters on the best way to cast their ballot when it seems no party will win a majority. Though not … [Continue reading]
Key Points Climate change is a divisive issue in the Canadian meme space.Conservative memes tend to dismiss current policy responses to climate change, or frame liberal campaigning practices as hypocritical.Liberal memes point out conservative … [Continue reading]
Key findings: 53% of analysed complaints by voters to Elections Canada in 2015 related to unsolicited contact by political parties without an opt-out possibility (139 out of a sample total of 264)Other types of complaints ranked much lower: … [Continue reading]
Highlights Internet users were quick to ‘meme’ last week’s scandalous images of Trudeau dressed in ‘brownface’ and ‘blackface’. Memes differed by the political allegiance of those who shared them, illustrating how party supporters make memes to … [Continue reading]
